raunzen
German, verb/ˈʁaʊ̯nt͡sn̩/
raunzen is a German verb meaning “to whinge, to grouch, to complain in an annoying or persistent manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weinerlich klagen, nörgeln”.
What does raunzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
Austriato whinge, to grouch, to complain in an annoying or persistent manner
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. weinerlich klagen, nörgeln 2. schimpfen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of raunzen
- raunzt present singular third-person
- raunzte past
- geraunzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- raunzend participle present
- raunze first-person indicative present
- raunzest second-person singular subjunctive
- raunzet plural second-person subjunctive
- raunzten first-person indicative plural
- raunztest indicative preterite second-person
- raunztet indicative plural preterite
- raunz imperative second-person singular
- habe geraunzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geraunzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- raunz! imperative singular
- raunze! imperative singular
- raunzt! imperative plural
- geraunzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raunzen?
- /ˈʁaʊ̯nt͡sn̩/
- [ˈʁaʊ̯nt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is raunzen in German?
raunzen appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).